Bring in the Clowns: Obama Calls Benghazi Investigation a “Sideshow”

President Obama delivered a defiant defense Monday of his administration’s response to the Benghazi terror attack, calling the revived controversy over the matter a “sideshow.”

The president addressed the issue during a press conference alongside British Prime Minister David Cameron, who is visiting Washington. Obama denied any suggestion that there was a cover-up, questioning recent reports that showed a State Department official trying to water down the administration’s initial story-line on what happened the night of Sept. 11.

“There’s no there there,” Obama said. The president, further, reiterated prior arguments that he called the attack terrorism from the start, dismissing claims that the administration intentionally downplayed that element.

But Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, called Obama’s latest comments “revisionist history.”